Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Transportation Authority v. Bruken Realty Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 1, 1986PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Simons, J.
In 1966 the State of New York, acting through the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority (now plaintiff Metropolitan Transportation Authority [MTA]) bought all the capital stock of plaintiff Long Island Railroad from the Pennsylvania Railroad for $65 million. Included among the assets acquired were 65 acres of real property in Queens which had been used by the Long Island Railroad as a freight yard. As *160part of the consideration, to reduce the purchase price, the State conveyed air rights above this property to Delbay Corporation, a subsidiary of…
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